Gina Hinojosa, Chris Bell, Bobby Cole
What a disappointment Gina Hinojosa is turning out to be. If the only way she thinks she can win is by not offending anyone, then she is not a leader and does not deserve to win, even in the March primary. I have been following candidates to see which are willing to at least take a stand on what ICE is doing to brown skinned folks. Now, ICE has taken to killing white women. One would think that might bring out more politicians who like to test the water before deciding whether to support something. Not even that has Gina Hinojosa daring to say anything strongly opposing what Trump and Abbott are doing. She could agree that people here illegally should be deported. I see no problem with that, I agree. How they are going about doing it by targeting people who look Mexican is not the right way, nor the American way. Some of us fought too hard to level the playing field for people like Hinojosa to pretend they don’t see the injustice. The other two candidates are not much better, especially Bobby Cole. Chris Bell actually seems more aware of what is happening to what is probably the largest voting bloc in the State of Texas, which goes Red or Blue in recent elections.
I don’t think people realize it’s a Pete Wilson moment unfolding; it could turn Texas Blue for a long time.
Greg Abbott has nearly $100 million in campaign funds; none of the Democrats are going to come close to matching that. The chances of any of them winning are between none and zero. What do they have to stand to lose, but they could gain 100 million in free media? Look no further than the fool at the White House.
Former California governor Pete Wilson left the governor’s mansion in 1999, but his legacy lived on in the anti-diversity policies he championed and helped enshrine into California law.
As governor, Wilson used his pulpit to push reforms that were widely viewed as racist – including a ban on affirmative action,a prohibition on bilingual education, and an effort to exclude undocumented immigrants from public services.
But as the state heads toward another election day, and support grows to overturn the ban on affirmative action, one more piece of Wilson’s legacy may soon unravel. In late June, state senators voted overwhelmingly to send the proposal to voters, who can repeal the ban at the ballot box in November by voting yes on Proposition 16.
“In the 90s we were sold a bill of goods – that the way to solve inequality was to legislate colorblindness. Twenty-five years later, it’s clear it was a failed experiment,” said the California assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, chair of the state’s Latino legislative caucus and co-author of the bill to repeal the ban.
California in 1996 became the first of eight states to ban affirmative action. Previous efforts to undo the ban in California have fallen short, but the conversation is gathering new momentum amid a national reckoning on racial injustice and a pandemic taking the heaviest toll on communities of color.
Wilson’s legacy tied to Prop 187
In the final stretch of Wilson’s 1994 bid for re-election, facing a challenge from the Democrat Kathleen Brown, the governor signed on to a controversial measure, Proposition 187, which sought to exclude undocumented immigrants from public services, including schools.
A now infamous video aired during the re-election campaign includes grainy footage of a group of assumed-to-be migrants running through the port of entry south of San Diego, while a narrator in an ominous tone warns of invasion.
“They keep coming. Two million illegal immigrants in California. The federal government won’t stop them, yet requires us to pay billions to take care of them.”
Major Candidates for Governor
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Andrew White has dropped out, leaving Gina Hinojosa, Chris Bell, and Bobby Cole. I intentionally used Facebook as they are more likely to have ongoing posts there.